Club de Madrid President and Vice-president articulate a vision for building Shared Societies through transforming our democracies and the multilateral framework

21 October, 2020

Liam Byrne, a UK MP, invited Club de Madrid Members to contribute with a chapter to a book for the IMF and World Bank Global Parliamentary network.

Club de Madrid Members announce principles on equity during global crises

6 October, 2020

We need a targeted focus to Leave No One Behind during the COVID-19 pandemic

Policy Dialogue 2020: Multilateralism that Delivers

1 October, 2020

At a time when trust in multilateral institutions is running low and national-grown solutions are on the rise, we look at ways of breathing new life into multilateralism.

UN General Assembly adopts landmark political declaration on the future of the UN system

22 September, 2020

The United Nations celebrates its 75th Anniversary with a declaration that is posed to drive action on the future of multilateralism and global cooperation 

Club de Madrid celebrates International Democracy Day 2020

15 September, 2020

To learn more about how we bring about change, see our strategy below.

Club de Madrid endorses Declaration on the Commemoration of The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations

15 September, 2020

‘The Future We Want, the UN We Need: Reaffirming our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism’.

Prime Minister Touré calls for a balanced approach to rebuilding global system to respond to pandemics

14 September, 2020

PM Touré made these remarks at the Global Summit of the UNITE Global Parliamentarians Network to End Infectious Diseases held on 8 September

UN75 is our best chance to create a new dynamic for global cooperation

14 September, 2020

Multilateralism is the best means we know to solve challenges together, ensuring an equal participation of all in world affairs. Contribute to UN75 and help us come up with multilateralism 2.0 

An ‘Expert’s Meeting’ sets focus on multilateralism and global cooperation in times of COVID-19 in the upcoming Imperial Springs International Forum 2020

21 August, 2020

A selected group of experts, Chinese and from the rest of the world, discussed the challenges posed by COVID-19

A call to postpone presidential elections of the Inter-American Development Bank

18 August, 2020

Some Members of Club de Madrid, all of them former Heads of State and Government from member states of the Inter-American Development Bank, sign a call to postpone the Bank’s presidential election scheduled for 12 September 2020. See the list of signatories and read the full letter below. 

Statement by the Board of Directors of Club de Madrid on Belarus

17 August, 2020

The situation following the 9 August presidential election in Belarus gives rise to serious concern.

Gordon Brown, Dalia Grybauskaite, Ivo Josipovic, Jean Claude Juncker and Tabaré Vázquez become Members of Club de Madrid

11 August, 2020

New Members bring experience in crisis management, public health, and democratic transitions

Our statement for the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2020

9 August, 2020

This is also a moment where the learning and traditions of indigenous cultures are critical for the resilience – a term which means ‘springing back’ – of the rest of the world.

Live Session: Digital Technologies, Elections and Democracy in times of COVID-19

31 July, 2020

Politics has now caught up with digitalization, but policy is still lagging behind. How can we improve electoral governance in the COVID-19 era? How can we hold electoral processes in the COVID-19 era while maintaining political and electoral rights? Join us in this Online AIWS Roundtable and Club de Madrid Live Session in collaboration with the Boston Global Forum.

Member Mkapa, a resourceful political reformer, dies in Dar es Salaam

24 July, 2020

The former President of Tanzania cracked down on corruption and reformed the country’s economy by fostering its transition from socialism to a free-market system. He was very active in Club de Madrid’s activities in Africa and in our many Policy Dialogues held around the world.